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Moscow - Shades of red

Back in the USSR

Arriving early morning at one of Moscow's nine railway stations. This train is nicknamed Red Arrow from St Petersburg.

[Moscow]

Six onions

One of the most photographed cathedrals in the world.

[St Basil's Cathedral at Red Square, Moscow]

Keep out

The walled area contains a variety of buildings constructed during different centuries. The Assumption Cathedral was constructed in the 1470s by an Italian architect and was the main church of Russia for four centuries.

[Assumption Cathedral in Kremlin, Moscow]

Red in rain

[State Historical Museum at Red Square, Moscow]

Church vs state

St Basil's Cathedral stands firmly against the Nikolskaya tower and the brick walls of the Kremlin. Notice the red star, one of several originally installed in 1935.

[Red Square, Moscow]

Follow the leader

[Manege Square, Moscow]

Six onions

One of the most photographed cathedrals in the world.

[St Basil's Cathedral at Red Square, Moscow]

From Russia with love

The airplane that had an emergency landing here in 1987 probably had larger wings.

[Reine with St Basil's Cathedral at Red Square, Moscow]

The times they are a changing

The extremely luxurious GUM department store is a beacon of capitalism, facing Lenin's mausoleum and the Kremlin Wall Necropolis where Stalin and the other guys are buried. Oh, the irony.

[Red Square, Moscow]

Hanging with the morlocks

[Reine on the subway in Moscow]

Through the arch

The triumphal arch from 1827 is dedicated to the Russian victory over Napoleon. It is placed near Poklonnaya Hill, a place of strategic importance since it is one of the highest spots. This was as far as Napoleon came in 1812.

[Victory Park in Moscow]

Not so great

With a height of 94 meters, this statue is the seventh tallest in the world, but perhaps the ugliest one of them all.

[Peter the Great Statue in the Moscow River]

Buried in granite

The final resting place of Vladimir Lenin is located next to the Kremlin Wall, a Necropolis area where also Stalin and the other guys are buried.

[Lenin's mausoleum at the Red Square, Moscow]

Beneath the earth

[Moscow subway]

Waterworld

[Manege Square, Moscow]

Behind the walls

[Kremlin Wall along the Moscow river]

Beneath the domes

[Novodevichy Monastery, Moscow]

Quest for glory

These guys were actually ski jumping without any snow! Only in Russia...